Wharton Esherick started his career as a painter and created his own hand carved frames. These frames ended up being more sought after than his paintings.

Frame made by Wharton in 1925

Wharton Esherick, Song of the Broad Axe (1924)

This spurred him to become more focused on sculpting which then led to furniture. He is more known for his unique sculptural furniture. Wharton's early furniture was carved with much ornamentation, he later realized he didn't need “literature,” on his furniture the form was enough.

Early Drop Leaf Desk, 1927

4 years later 1931 Fischer Corner Desk

So, you can see that Wharton really started to simplify forms. Eventually he started rounding them as well which is my favourite work of his.

Steps with Elephants and Donkey Finials (1935)

Music Stand (1962)

Wharton Esherick, 1940

Wharton was definitely a bad ass. This post should inspire you so go out and kiss your girlfriend, climb a mountain without ropes, or paint a beautiful picture of Donald Trump!

I have just discovered Georgia O'Keeffe's artwork in all its colorful and flowing glory. I think her artwork is very interesting especially since she started her career doing mostly abstract and moving into more representational artwork. Perhaps this is why she approached painting in a unique way.

The more I search for things and people that inspire me, the more I realize that what inspires me is greatness or proficiency in any craft. It is certain that Georgia was a proficient painter.

Summer Days

From the Faraway, Nearby

Ram's Head, White Hollyhock and Little Hills

Rust Red Hills

Red Hills and Bones

Waterfall, No 1, Loa Valley Maui

Sunflower from Maggie

Dead Cottonwood Tree

Georgia is mostly known for her flowing vagina-esque paintings of flowers which she denied any feminist attribution to them(according to Wikipedia).

Red Canna

Music Pink and Blue No.2

Georgia's husband Alfred Stieglitz took 350 portraits of which she said about later "I felt somehow that the photographs had nothing to do with me personally."

Well, I hope you are as inspired as I am and loved the titty I threw in there, enjoy. Get out there and create, create, create!

Let me know your favourite O'Keeffe pieces or what you think of here work in the comments.

Between 2006-2012 at least 60,000 people have been murdered due to the Mexican drug war. While during that same period 26,121 people went missing. So, let's say a conservative estimate is 80,000 people are gone off the face of the planet due to the drug cartels. The drug cartels also make an estimated $19 to $29 billion from just US drug sales alone¹.

Suffice to say that this 'war' is of epidemic proportions, I still can't help but admire Jaoquin 'El Chapo' Guzman. He has escaped from Mexican prisons, not once but twice. El Chapo is the head of the Sinaloa cartel, the largest (arguably I guess) mexican cartel.

The first time he escaped Jaoquin bribed a guard to open his electronic cell door and hopped into a laundry cart. A maintenance worker then pushed him through several doors and out the front door. Apparently 78 people have been suspected in taking part of his great escape.

Now fast forward to 2014, El Chapo has been out of prison for 13 years when he is finally caught. A joint effort from the Mexican Navy, DEA and US Marshall Service was tracking him for quite some time. Jaoquin had evaded them using tunnels, of course, when he was finally caught on February 22, 2014. He was placed in a Maximum security Mexican prison:Federal Social Readaptation Center No. 1. He escaped again on 11 July 2015 through a tunnel dug under the shower, which was the only spot that the cameras couldn't see. The tunnel had a modified motorcycle on a rail which led to a construction site 1.5 km away².

Modified Motorcycle

Tunnel in shower stall

Now this El Chapo fellow is most likely a mass murderer and is not someone who should be on the Wheaties box. I can't help but respect his hubris and the fact that he escaped not once but twice. I mean let's be honest that's pretty badass. If he had escaped once you can look at that as a 'one off', a fluke, but twice now that is insanity. Especially when you have a tunnel built that is 1.5km long with a custom motorcycle to propel you in style. I'm always stoked when anyone circumvents any system even if in this case he probably should still be in prison.

A quick El Chapo sketch. As I was quite inspired by him while writing this.